# 1971–72 Clydebank F.C. season

The 1971–72 season was Clydebank's sixth season in the Scottish Football League. They competed in the Scottish League Division Two where they finished 9th in the table, Scottish League Cup where they reached the quarter-finals and Scottish Cup.

## Results
### Division 2

| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Clydebank Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 4 September | Dumbarton | A | 3–2 | Kane (2), Bolton | 2,668 |
| 2 | 11 September | Queen of the South | H | 1–3 | Kane | 1,768 |
| 3 | 15 September | Queen's Park | H | 1–1 | Munro | 1,142 |
| 4 | 18 September | Berwick Rangers | A | 1–1 | Kane | 701 |
| 5 | 25 September | Arbroath | H | 0–0 | | 1,483 |
| 6 | 29 September | St Mirren | H | 1–3 | Love | 2,148 |
| 7 | 2 October | Albion Rovers | A | 0–2 | | 640 |
| 8 | 9 October | Montrose | H | 1–2 | Munro | 1,221 |
| 9 | 16 October | Alloa Athletic | A | 1–1 | Kane | 1,044 |
| 10 | 23 October | Cowdenbeath | H | 1–4 | Caskie | 990 |
| 11 | 30 October | East Stirlingshire | A | 1–0 | Gray (penalty) | 560 |
| 12 | 6 November | Forfar Athletic | H | 2–0 | Currie, Kane | 985 |
| 13 | 13 November | Raith Rovers | A | 3–1 | Munro, McGee, Currie | 2,086 |
| 14 | 20 November | Hamilton Academical | H | 7–1 | Kane (3), Caskie, Hay, Munro | 750 |
| 15 | 27 November | Stranraer | A | 2–2 | Kane (2) | 957 |
| 16 | 11 December | Brechin City | H | 1–2 | Hay | 916 |
| 17 | 18 December | Stirling Albion | A | 1–1 | Currie | 1,540 |
| 18 | 25 December | Stenhousemuir | H | 2–1 | Munro, Hay | 745 |
| 19 | 27 December | St Mirren | A | 1–1 | Fallon | 3,773 |
| 20 | 1 January | Dumbarton | H | 2–3 | Fallon, McPaul | 3,861 |
| 21 | 3 January | Queen of the South | A | 0–2 | | 3,511 |
| 22 | 8 January | Berwick Rangers | H | 0–0 | | 983 |
| 23 | 15 January | Arbroath | A | 2–1 | McPaul, Munro | 1,523 |
| 24 | 22 January | Albion Rovers | H | 3–1 | Fallon (2 penalties), Kane | 1,000 |
| 25 | 29 January | Montrose | A | 2–1 | Kane, McPaul | 986 |
| 26 | 12 February | Alloa Athletic | H | 3–1 | Newman, Fallon (penalty), Munro | 1,253 |
| 27 | 19 February | Cowdenbeath | A | 0–0 | | 1,585 |
| 28 | 4 March | East Stirlingshire | H | 3–4 | Munro (2), McPaul | 953 |
| 29 | 11 March | Forfar Athletic | A | 1–2 | Munro | 951 |
| 30 | 25 March | Hamilton Academical | A | 1–0 | Munro | 943 |
| 31 | 1 April | Stranraer | H | 3–0 | Munro, McPaul, Currie | 1,214 |
| 32 | 11 April | Raith Rovers | H | 3–1 | Fallon, Currie, McPaul | 977 |
| 33 | 15 April | Brechin City | A | 2–1 | Hay, Munro | 346 |
| 34 | 18 April | Queen's Park | A | 4–4 | Currie (2), Munro (2) | 577 |
| 35 | 22 April | Stirling Albion | H | 0–0 | | 1,475 |
| 36 | 29 April | Stenhousemuir | A | 1–3 | | 280 |

#### Final League table

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 8 | East Stirlingshire | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 60 | 58 | 2 | 41 |
| 9 | Clydebank | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 60 | 52 | 8 | 39 |
| 10 | Montrose | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 73 | 54 | 19 | 36 |

### Scottish League Cup
#### Group 5

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Clydebank Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 14 August | Berwick Rangers | A | 2–2 | Kane, Caskie | 448 |
| 2 | 18 August | Queen's Park | H | 3–2 | McFarlane (2), Kane | 1,665 |
| 3 | 21 August | Cowdenbeath | H | 2–1 | Russell, Moy | 1,905 |
| 4 | 25 August | Queen's Park | A | 1–1 | Kane, Caskie | 980 |
| 3 | 28 August | Berwick Rangers | H | 5–0 | McGee (2), Munro, Caskie, McFarlane | 1,948 |
| 4 | 1 September | Cowdenbeath | A | 4–3 | Kinnell, Caskie, Bostock, McFarlane | 727 |

#### Group 5 Final Table

| P | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Clydebank | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | Queen's Park | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Cowdenbeath | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | –2 | 4 |
| 4 | Berwick Rangers | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | –6 | 4 |

#### Knockout stage

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Clydebank Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| QF L1 | 8 September | Celtic | H | 0–5 | | 10,600 |
| QF L2 | 22 September | Celtic | A | 2–6 | Hay, Ruddy | 15,045 |

### Scottish Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Clydebank Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| R3 | 5 February | East Fife | H | 1–1 | Kane | 1,955 |
| R3 R | 9 January | East Fife | A | 1–0 | McGee | 5,104 |
| R4 | 26 February | Heart of Midlothian | A | 0–4 | | 11,953 |